Energy
PG&E Mismanagement Driving Rate Hikes
TURN Fact Sheet: PG&E has announced it will seek close to $4 billion more from its customers in its upcoming general rate case (GRC). TURN opposes higher PG&E rates.
Stop Outrageous Smart Meter Bills!
Instead of lower their energy bills, smart meter customers are seeing higher energy use and skyrocketing bills. Sign TURN's petition demanding accountability from PG&E and a moratorium on smart meters.
Just say NO to PG&E's high rates
PG&E currently has proposals for $4 billion in new rate hikes pending at the CPUC. Do you think PG&E’s rates are too high already? Speak out against PG&E's unfair rate hikes.
Cool Ways to Save Energy and Reduce Summer Electric Bills
Tips on how to save money and stay cool even when it's hot
Download a Smart Meter Free Zone Sign
Download a Smart Meter Free Zone Sign and sign up to boycott smart meters.
Stop PG&E's $4 Billion Rate Hike Video
by TURN
by TURN
PG&E is asking for a $4 Billion rate hike. These Californians are getting the word out on YouTube. You can stop PG&E's money grab by attending a public participation hearing in your area or sending a letter to the CPUC telling them to stop PG&E from raising our rates.
TURN wins kinder, gentler shut off policies
February 4th, 2010
February 4th, 2010
CPUC adopts TURN's recommendations to prevent utility shut-offs.
Negotiating a late payment deposit with PG&E
TURN helps a member reduce a late payment deposit with PG&E to a fair amount she can afford. Learn how you can do it too!
Addressing the PG&E Smart Meter Crisis
by Mark Toney
by Mark Toney
Customer complaints about Smart Meters must be heard. TURN recommends the following steps to restore public confidence in smart meter technology.
Smart consumers trump smart technology
by Mark Toney, San Francisco Chronicle
October 25th, 2009
by Mark Toney, San Francisco Chronicle
October 25th, 2009
Mark Toney writes in the San Francisco Chronicle that conservation and energy efficiency will save more energy than expensive, unproven smart meters.
Recent Energy Consumer Protections
TURN stands up for consumers, and gets big energy companies to stand down. In 2008 we won hundreds of millions in refunds for Edison customers and defeated a scam to subsidize big business on the backs of the working class.
Heating vs. Eating: Low Income Consumer Protections
TURN defeated energy companies' scheme to end the CARE program and stopped them from replacing local payment centers with usurious payday lenders.
Who cares what the public thinks?
by TURN
by TURN
Public not welcome at public meeting. Watch the video of CPUC President Michael Peevey criticizing TURN members for protesting changes in the CARE program
Feed-in tariffs—Right for Germany, Wrong for California
by Marcel Hawiger, TURN Staff Attorney, San Francisco Chronicle
November 19th, 2008
by Marcel Hawiger, TURN Staff Attorney, San Francisco Chronicle
November 19th, 2008
TURN attorney Marcel Hawiger explains how Californians can get "More Green for Less Green" and encourage renewable energy that doesn't force taxpayers and rate payers to spend more.
Editorial: Deregulation is Not the Answer
by Nettie Hoge, Orange County Register
by Nettie Hoge, Orange County Register
TURN executive director Nettie Hoge argues for consumer-friendly regulation in the aftermath of the deregulation crisis. What we need is stronger and more independent regulators, not stronger and more independent energy companies.













